Gymnastics

This term all classes have been working through a unit of lessons for gymnastics and circus skills. Within each lesson activities involved the dominant movement patterns of landing, statics, locomotion, rotation and springing. Each lesson has a strong emphasis on confident body management, with an integral part of the children’s interaction with each other, is to follow and adhere to safety considerations.

5/6 Sports Day

All grade five and six students participated in their sports day with other schools in the area. They had a choice to participate in either soccer, hockey, netball, football, basketball, tennis, modified volleyball or cricket. As some schools couldn’t field complete teams and others may have had excess, there were several combined teams to allow everyone to fully participate. From the sports of soccer, hockey, netball and football children were then selected to participate in the Darwin (Burnie) versus Devon (Devonport) sports day. From this event a team selection is made to play in Launceston.

Swimming and Water Safety

Children in grades three to six participated in the ten day swimming and water safety program. Prior to this the children worked through a theory lesson in preparation. Topics we cover are:

• Safe to least safe places to swim and what makes a body of water least safe.
• Aquacode – swim together, float and wave, reach to rescue
• Hyperthermia
• Conservation of heat and energy
• Use of lifejackets
• The most important person in a rescue is the rescuer
• Lifesaving strokes versus swimming strokes

With the campaign to follow on the practical skills of stroke development, water skills and water safety drills, are then developed.

Cross Country

The term will culminate with the cross country event for all children. Long distance running is challenging and for this reason the primary children can nominate to run the medal event (two laps ) or fun run ( 1 lap ) to allow all children to participate at a level they feel confident in. All participants from Prep to grade six, then earn house points to determine the winning house.